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enA Quote by Swami Sivananda on tolerance, unity, respect, creeds, views, and opinionshttp://blog.gaiam.com/quotes/authors/swami-sivananda/57873
<p>Be tolerant. Behold the unity of all faiths, cults, creeds and religions.<br />Respect the views, opinions and sentiments of all.</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-contrib-user">
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<p><a href="http://blog.gaiam.com/quotes/authors/swami-sivananda/57873" target="_blank">read more</a></p>creedsopinionsrespecttoleranceunityviewsTue, 23 Mar 2010 07:04:12 +000057873 at http://blog.gaiam.com/quotesA Quote by Ven Payutto on happiness, buddhism, sevice, economics, views, and progresshttp://blog.gaiam.com/quotes/authors/ven-payutto/45709
<p>This begs the question: what view of life is behind modern economics? Is it a skillful or an unskillful one? At the risk of oversimplifying, let us say that the goal of modern life is to find happiness. This view is so pervasive in modern societies that it is rarely even recognized, let alone examined or questioned. The very concept of "progress" -- social, economic, scientific and political -- assumes that society's highest goal is to reach a state where everyone will be happy. The United States Declaration of Independence poetically embodies this ideal by asserting mankind's right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."</p>
<p><br />While certainly a good-hearted aspiration, the view that happiness is the goal of life betrays a fundamental confusion about the truth of life. "Happiness" is never more than an ill-defined, elusive quality. Many people equate happiness with sense pleasure and the satisfaction of their desires. For these people, happiness remains a remote condition, something outside themselves, a future prize that must be pursued and captured. But happiness cannot be obtained through seeking, only through bringing about the causes and conditions which lead to it, and these are personal and mental development.</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-quote-source">
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<p><a href="http://blog.gaiam.com/quotes/authors/ven-payutto/45709" target="_blank">read more</a></p>buddhismeconomicsHappinessprogressseviceviewsTue, 23 Mar 2010 06:24:13 +000045709 at http://blog.gaiam.com/quotes